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TRACTORS/MOWERS/HEAVY EQUIPMENT / Re: Any Detroit Diesel gurus on here?
« Last post by nelstomlinson on April 30, 2024, 11:37:50 PM »
I've heard that slam your hand in the door from an old truck driver, too. They're supposed to be great engines as long as you keep the rpms up.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Vintage Photo Of The Day
« Last post by muddy on April 30, 2024, 07:01:36 PM »







Sent from my twisted mind of the mudman
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TRACTORS/MOWERS/HEAVY EQUIPMENT / Re: Any Detroit Diesel gurus on here?
« Last post by gtermini on April 30, 2024, 06:02:31 PM »
The old truck driver we had on the farm always said to start you day by slamming your hand in the door, so you were good'n pissed off at it before you started driving. Only way to run a jimmy is hold the pedal to the wood.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: It looks like the king is dying
« Last post by hickory n Steel on April 30, 2024, 04:50:52 PM »
Quote from: Hootbro on April 30, 2024, 06:51:46 AM
Really would have like to seen their books and how much they hitched their wagon to Sears? Reminds me of Western Forge tanking not long after they broke with Sears and Sears eventually going to practically nothing nowadays.
They were supplying hammers to Sears as far back as the 1880's so it seems they've pretty much always needed those sales.
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ANTIQUE/COLLECTOR TOOLS/BOXES/HAND ONLY / Re: Got a favorite hammer?
« Last post by hickory n Steel on April 30, 2024, 03:57:02 PM »
These are my two most used ball peens.


The first is a Chrome vanadium Craftsman,  made by Macpherson Huff in the 40's before they became MAC, I think it's about a 14oz

You just don't see a lot of chrome plated hammers, my assumption is that it's chrome vanadium.

My second most used is this 2oz Champion De'arment, because of course I'm a huge Channellock fan.

It's used for gunsmithing type work, so I keep both faces smooth and mirror polished.

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ANTIQUE/COLLECTOR TOOLS/BOXES/HAND ONLY / Re: Got a favorite hammer?
« Last post by bonneyman on April 30, 2024, 01:45:32 PM »
I've got a Craftsman claw hammer I picked up back in like 1980 - used it on a construction job. Still have it around here somewhere.
I like the old Malco tinner hammers, with the leather ring handles that slowly conform to you hands with use. When broken in they're like a worn in pair of boots - can't live without 'em!
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ANTIQUE/COLLECTOR TOOLS/BOXES/HAND ONLY / Re: Got a favorite hammer?
« Last post by goodfellow on April 30, 2024, 11:09:26 AM »
Still using my old 1960/70's Stanley and TT "Rocket". Also my dad's 1960's vintage Millers Falls. Notice that the price is still visible on the MF  - $3.87 back in the early 1960's. They're all a bit worn, but they will outlive me.
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TRACTORS/MOWERS/HEAVY EQUIPMENT / Re: Any Detroit Diesel gurus on here?
« Last post by highland512 on April 30, 2024, 07:03:19 AM »
Every time I hear a 2 cycle DD, I think of an old truck driver we went to church with growing up. He would tell you the DD was so good it was in the bible.
Revelations NKJ 13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Odd thing about buying on ebay.
« Last post by Hootbro on April 30, 2024, 06:58:30 AM »
I work and live in the Philly metro area and their is gobs of surplus machinist tools if one looks enough. The former manufacturing base and the associated tool and die makers that once was here was staggering.

Like anything else, as these former workers of these industries die out, so do their tools hit the market.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: It looks like the king is dying
« Last post by Hootbro on April 30, 2024, 06:51:46 AM »
Really would have like to seen their books and how much they hitched their wagon to Sears? Reminds me of Western Forge tanking not long after they broke with Sears and Sears eventually going to practically nothing nowadays.

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